# Accident 20020106000699A: Beech S35, Angola, IN, January 6, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2002, 17:56 local time
- Place: Angola, IN
- Airport: Tri-State Steuben County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6356° N, 85.0944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6356&lon=-85.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7915K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7915K-2002-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020106000699A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.19) ON JANUARY 6, 2002, AT 1756 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH S35, N7915K, COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 05 (4,540 FEET BY 75 FEET, ASPHALT) AT THE TRI-STATE STEUBAN COUNTY AIRPORT, ANGOLA, INDIANA. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY A POST IMPACT FIRE. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE BROKE INTO VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS DURING THE APPROACH; HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE HAD FLOW IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CADILLAC, MICHIGAN, AT 1656 EASTERN STANDARD TIME. (-23) ON FINAL, FOR NDB APPROACH TO ANQ-AIRCRAFT ROLLED 90 DEGREES RIGHT, WHEN RECOVERED LEVEL, THE RATE OF DESCENT TOOK THE AIRCRAFT INTO A DITCH, ACROSS A ROAD AND IT CAME TO REST ON THE EMBANKMENT SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. A FIRE STARTED AS THE AIRCRAFT SLID ACROSS THE ROAD AND CONSUMED THE ENTIRE AIRCRAFT AFTER PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS EVACUATED SAFELY. ICE HAD BEEN NOTED ON WINGS EARLIER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI02LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA051), Jan 6, 2002: Beech S35 (N7915K), Angola, IN, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot 's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and encountered a stall on approach to land. The low altitude on final approach was a factor.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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